Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Pushpak Patel, Dr. Shobhana Gupta and Ravi Shinde

Abstract:
Soil testing is considered a useful tool for making fertilizer recommendation for making fertilizer recommendations for various crops and cropping sequences as well as for reclamation of problem soil. The study was conducted in two blocks of Surguja district of Chhattisgarh in 2019-20, with 150 soil health card holder farmers. The findings related to socio personal characteristics of the respondents highlighted that most of the respondents were belonged to middle age group (49.33%), were educated up to 5^th class and had farming experience between the 13 years to 32 years (50.67%). findings regarding socio-economic characteristics of the respondents showed that most of them were belonged to the small category of the farmers (32.67%) and had the low level of annual income up to ₹1,00,000 (34.67%). Findings regarding socio- communication characteristics of the respondents showed that most of them were medium level of extension contact (48.00%), were medium level of social participation (51.33%), and were medium level of mass media exposure (49.33%). Similarly, findings regarding Phycological characteristics of the respondents showed that most of them were medium level of innovativeness (50.00%) and were medium level of scientific orientation (46.00%). Among constraints, difficulty in calculating fertilizer dose based on nutrient status of soil was the major constraint faced by majority of the respondents.